Business leaders discuss Donald Trump tariff concerns at California-Mexico Business Forum in Los Angeles [Video]

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Tariffs were a major talking point of this year’s California-Mexico Business Forum, held in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday. President-Elect Donald Trump has said he will institute tariffs on Mexico when he takes office in January.

The Consul General of Mexico said his country should be seen as part of the solution, not the problem, when it comes to trading with the United States.

“This talk about tariffs and about various trade concerns me because it means shooting ourselves in the foot. Because it means making everything more expensive and making the operation of this common shared platform more difficult,” said Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, the Consul General of Mexico.

Mexico is the United States’ biggest trade partner. Followed by Canada and then China, according to the federal government-

U.S. imports from Mexico totaled nearly $455 billion in 2022, according to the latest figures from the Office of the U.S. Trade …